The Hive, an ethereal 17-metre tall installation designed by artist Wolfgang Buttress, which rises above a wildflower garden. The immersive audio-visual experience tells the story of the honey bee and the importance of pollination. Fun fact The intensity of the sound and the hundreds of LED lights inside the walk-in Hive pavilion rises and falls in response to the activity …

mystery gardens even as the Chelsea Flower show gets maximum of the fame, London’s annual Open garden Squares Weekend (taking region this 12 months from 18 to 19 June) is a lesser-acknowledged alternative that opens more than 2 hundred non-public green areas to the public. starting from a vegetable lawn on a skyscraper roof to a pass lawn in Kings …

Forget big names such as Kew and Versailles, these almost-secret gardens around the world are worth tracking down, for lovers of horticulture, sculpture – and the bizarre More than capable … the Capability Brown-designed Gatton Park, in Surrey. Photograph: Alamy Gatton Park, England This year marks the 300th anniversary of the birth of English landscape gardener Lancelot “Capability” Brown, who …